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Dennis Onyeka Frank-Ito

Associate Professor in Head and Neck Surgery & Communication Sciences
Rhinology and Skull Base Surgery
Duke South Yellow Zone 4000, DUMC Box 3805, Durham, NC 27710
40 Duke Medicine Circle, DUMC, DUMC Box 3805, Durham, NC 27710

Selected Grants


Developing a Pathway for Preparing Underrepresented Minority Students for a Career in Otolaryngology and Communication Sciences

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2029

Duke Preparing Research Scholars in Biomedical Sciences- Post-Baccalaureate Research Education Program

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institute of General Medical Sciences · 2022 - 2027

Otolaryngology Surgeon- Scientist career Path (OSSP) program

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders · 2022 - 2027

Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Training Program

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2005 - 2021

Improving Topical Drug Delivery for Treatment of Chronic Rhinosinusitis

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill · 2015 - 2020

Creating Virtual Surgery Targets and Methods to Improve Outcomes of Nasal Airway Surgery

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Medical College of Wisconsin · 2014 - 2018

Modeling the Pediatric Upper Airway Using A-OCT and DNS CFD

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of California - Irvine · 2013 - 2015